Group Members: Mansur Batchelor, Milly Fellows, *Rowena Gordon*, Jacob Pearson
We will conduct a belt transect that will sample individuals from the 3 habitat types. We will take the same number of individuals from each sample site from a predetermined, set area in order to standardise the effort used for each sample.
Advantages:
We are taking all of our samples at one altitude which eliminates altitude as a variable
We have included all of the 3 different habitat types
Because of the positioning of the samples we should be able to test whether there has been a founder event
We can test to see if there is any gene flow between the populations in the different areas
As we are collecting the same number of individuals from a set area our data will be quantitative, allowing us to compare results across different studies
Disadvantages:
If altitude affects polymorphism we will not be able to see these effects as the altitude is the same for all the sample sites
We have not combined our sampling with another group to get more results, this means that there may not be enough data for us to be able to reach any conclusions
There is only 1 sample from the woodland area, the different habitats are not equally represented which may affect any conclusions we come to regarding the woodland habitat sample
Group Members: Mansur Batchelor, Milly Fellows, *Rowena Gordon*, Jacob Pearson
We will conduct a belt transect that will sample individuals from the 3 habitat types. We will take the same number of individuals from each sample site from a predetermined, set area in order to standardise the effort used for each sample.
Advantages:
- We are taking all of our samples at one altitude which eliminates altitude as a variable
- We have included all of the 3 different habitat types
- Because of the positioning of the samples we should be able to test whether there has been a founder event
- We can test to see if there is any gene flow between the populations in the different areas
- As we are collecting the same number of individuals from a set area our data will be quantitative, allowing us to compare results across different studies
Disadvantages: